Origen

The first sense recorded for this was ‘a flat wooden blade with a handle’ used to shape clay or plaster: it comes from French palette ‘little blade’, from Latin pala ‘spade’ (related to palus ‘stake’, see pale). The pallet used with a forklift truck is from the early 20th century. The French form was adopted directly in the early 17th century for the flat artist's palette on which to mix colours, with the sense of ‘range of colours’ developing in the late 18th century.

Derivados

palleted

The giant grey buildings dominate the landscape and can be seen 24 hours a day because they are floodlit to allow staff to work through the night assembling palleted loads for delivery to supermarkets.

The cooler space will act as a distribution center for palleted products that are not in traditional milk cases, but in packed corrugated boxes.

The forks are used to offload shipments of palleted materials at the shop and to carry sod, blocks, pavers, and other items on the job site.

Origen

The first sense recorded for this was ‘a flat wooden blade with a handle’ used to shape clay or plaster: it comes from French palette ‘little blade’, from Latin pala ‘spade’ (related to palus ‘stake’, see pale). The pallet used with a forklift truck is from the early 20th century. The French form was adopted directly in the early 17th century for the flat artist's palette on which to mix colours, with the sense of ‘range of colours’ developing in the late 18th century.

Origen

The first sense recorded for this was ‘a flat wooden blade with a handle’ used to shape clay or plaster: it comes from French palette ‘little blade’, from Latin pala ‘spade’ (related to palus ‘stake’, see pale). The pallet used with a forklift truck is from the early 20th century. The French form was adopted directly in the early 17th century for the flat artist's palette on which to mix colours, with the sense of ‘range of colours’ developing in the late 18th century.